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ACWORTH, Ga. -- Olivia Smith remains in the Cobb County jail Thursday night without bond. The 18-year-old is facing, among other things, felony murder and malice murder for killing her step-cousin in cold blood.

ACWORTH -- A 22-year-old man from Cherokee County died from stabbing injuries early Sunday after a domestic dispute broke out at a mobile home park.

Cherokee County Sheriff's officials are investigating the incident, which happened around 12:30 a.m. at the Hidden Falls mobile home park in Acworth.

According to reports, Sheriff's deputies found the victim, 22-year-old Jayquan Smallwood, with multiple stab woulds to the chest inside the home of Acworth couple, Nolan and Jessica Hoad.

Investigators said Smallwood rented a room from the Hoads' home, where they lived with their three children. Nolan's brother, Cloyse Hoad, and his mother, Emily Pomeroy, were also visiting at the time of the incident.

GREENE COUNTY, Ga. -- It's one of the hottest gifts to hit shelves this year but the latest incident with a "hoverboard" in a Georgia hotel shows that some can get a little too hot.

The device looked anything but new when authorities responded to the Ritz Carlton in Greene County, Ga. There, they found the burning remains of a hoverboard and a damaged hotel room.

While these boards don't actually hover, they do allow the rider to glide around various surfaces on two wheels guiding the device with minor shifts in weight - and the aide of a battery to run all the high-tech equipment within.

The sheriff's office is still working to discover exactly how the device caught fire, but around the country they have recently come under heated scrutiny due to blazes originating from the power source.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- An 18-year-old woman accused of stabbing her step-cousin to death in Acworth told neighbors God made her do it, according to court testimony.

Olivia Nicole Smith was in court for a probable hearing on Thursday. She’s accused of stabbing 17-year-old high school Abbey Hebert to death in her front yard on Nov. 14.

Family members were crying as Smith was brought into court, 11Alive’s Valerie Hoff reports. Both young women were close friends and step-cousins. They reportedly had a sleepover after a football game the night before the crime.